Today we did exactly what it says on the tin. Home Ed @home. Bean is still recovering from a horrid cold and after a very busy week he suggested a rest day. We made a list at breakfast of all the things we've been meaning to do for a while.The list consisted of: name bones of the body; pot plants; plant seeds; make soil; build a castle and make card for friends birthday party, and then Bean added hang out the laundry; do washing up; and clean the bathroom.
Bean started by building a castle. He found a smallish box in the place where we keep such items and proceed to instruct me where to draw certain lines for its different features: a moat, battlements and portcullis. He then drew in the details and then found some stickers of wild animals- birds and squirrels to stick on. He also found a queen sticker, a skeleton and a ghost. Reality and fantasy came together, as is often the case. He didn't finish it but insisted he would do so tomorrow in time for it to be wrapped. We talked through how he was going to finish it and I suggested a few timings as he wanted to paint the moat and I knew it had to be dry before we wrapped it.
I washed up and the boys helped.
Plum needed a feed about now and an entire outfit change after a nappy fill. When I returned from doing this Pumpkin was excitedly relaying to me that they had built a ladybird house and a real ladybird was living in it. The boys had gathered up grass cuttings and piled them together even making an indentation for a doorway. They were most upset when the lady bird flew off. I nearly started singing, 'ladybird, ladybird, fly away home,' but I thought this might distress them even more at this point!
Bean and Pumpkin then set up shops in two enormous boxes. We played at buying and selling for a while, exchanging money and goods and adding up the cost of various items. This is the second shop Bean has set up this week (the other being a furniture shop comprising of all the dolls house furniture being very neatly displayed on the coffee table.) They found some light swords which they wanted to try out in a dark place as Plum had fallen asleep on our bed upstairs I suggested they try them out later (they wanted to test it in their room.) It was Pumpkin who suggested the boxes as 'They are dark when you shut them.' They about 10 minutes sat in their own boxes playing with their light swords.
Bean then wanted to write on the blackboard for his shop. Pumpkin made some marks and said it was a picture of Jesus dying on the cross.
And finally, just before lunch we potted some plants. Bean had seen some flowers on peoples door steps when we were on holiday and had asked it we could put some on ours. Fortunately I had some plants that needed planting somewhere so this was the perfect suggestion, brightening up our front door step at the same time, win-win!
Lunch was followed by a marathon TV session, which as the weather was so nice grated me a little but I had to remember that both boys have not been well this week and are still in recovery so I left them to it rather than trying to lure them away. As it happened Pumpkin fell asleep at 5.20 and didn't wake up until 7.30 the next morning.
Sausages for dinner with a label that tickled me!
Oh and just in case you were wondering we didn't get to do our bones, plant seeds, make soil or clean the bathroom. Never mind.
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| castle |
Bean started by building a castle. He found a smallish box in the place where we keep such items and proceed to instruct me where to draw certain lines for its different features: a moat, battlements and portcullis. He then drew in the details and then found some stickers of wild animals- birds and squirrels to stick on. He also found a queen sticker, a skeleton and a ghost. Reality and fantasy came together, as is often the case. He didn't finish it but insisted he would do so tomorrow in time for it to be wrapped. We talked through how he was going to finish it and I suggested a few timings as he wanted to paint the moat and I knew it had to be dry before we wrapped it.
I washed up and the boys helped.
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| ladybird home |
Plum needed a feed about now and an entire outfit change after a nappy fill. When I returned from doing this Pumpkin was excitedly relaying to me that they had built a ladybird house and a real ladybird was living in it. The boys had gathered up grass cuttings and piled them together even making an indentation for a doorway. They were most upset when the lady bird flew off. I nearly started singing, 'ladybird, ladybird, fly away home,' but I thought this might distress them even more at this point!
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| Jesus dying on the cross |
Bean and Pumpkin then set up shops in two enormous boxes. We played at buying and selling for a while, exchanging money and goods and adding up the cost of various items. This is the second shop Bean has set up this week (the other being a furniture shop comprising of all the dolls house furniture being very neatly displayed on the coffee table.) They found some light swords which they wanted to try out in a dark place as Plum had fallen asleep on our bed upstairs I suggested they try them out later (they wanted to test it in their room.) It was Pumpkin who suggested the boxes as 'They are dark when you shut them.' They about 10 minutes sat in their own boxes playing with their light swords.
Bean then wanted to write on the blackboard for his shop. Pumpkin made some marks and said it was a picture of Jesus dying on the cross.
And finally, just before lunch we potted some plants. Bean had seen some flowers on peoples door steps when we were on holiday and had asked it we could put some on ours. Fortunately I had some plants that needed planting somewhere so this was the perfect suggestion, brightening up our front door step at the same time, win-win!
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| 'outdoor reared pork sausages' |
Lunch was followed by a marathon TV session, which as the weather was so nice grated me a little but I had to remember that both boys have not been well this week and are still in recovery so I left them to it rather than trying to lure them away. As it happened Pumpkin fell asleep at 5.20 and didn't wake up until 7.30 the next morning.
Sausages for dinner with a label that tickled me!
Oh and just in case you were wondering we didn't get to do our bones, plant seeds, make soil or clean the bathroom. Never mind.
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